I used to love candy corn. Indeed, I used to have Crazy Cravings™ for them. Just seeing them led me to privately pig out out on these adorable, sweet kernels. Especially before and after Halloween.

For years, those little tri-colored “treats” temped and taunted me to put them into my mouth again. (Of course, I’m exaggerating.)

For the past 17 years, though, I’ve been immune to the sweet charms of candy corn and other Halloween “goodies.”.

Much to my continued amazement, I haven’t put one candy corn in my mouth since 1998.

That was the year I reluctantly quit sugar and refined carbs on doctor’s orders, because my M.D. though that doing do would banish my 44 mysterious ailments. He was right.

Now, as Halloween fast approaches, candy corn is out in full force. And millions of Americans will pass out the sweet stuff cute little trick-or-treaters.

Not only that, but millions of kiddies and their parents, as well as adults with no children, will mindlessly plop these tri-colored “goodies” into their mouths.

Millions will gobble candy corn for weeks, if not months, while blithely unaware of the potential dangerous consequences of regularly pigging out on sweets.

To many, candy corn is quite tasty — especially if you’re used to the super-sweet taste — so it can be hard to stop. It once was for me. But now it’s super easy to pass them up.

In fact, if you’re anything like I once was, you’ll consume lots of candy corn for months, from before Halloween to after the New Year, if not longer.

These days, it’s even harder to hide out from these cute little candies. Candy corn isn’t just for Halloween anymore, according to the National Confectioner’s Association, but this time of year you see them the most.

However, this year, as I have for the past 17 years, I’ll enjoy Halloween more than I did when candy corn was a part of it.

And no, in case you’re wondering, I don’t even miss candy corn, thanks to simple tools I share in my book, Beyond Sugar Shock

I’m revealing my short sad, sour tale to bring hope to you frustrated sugar addicts, who are driven by Crazy Cravings just seeing the sweet stuff.

If you choose, you can have a joyous, sweet future, where your favorite sweet “treat” won’t trigger you anymore. And, you’ll discover that Life is Sweeter Without Dangerous Sweets.

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